Demonstration of an effective presentation
• Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxeppcxE2v8
Why is this an effective presentation?
Structure
What makes it easy to follow?
Intro?
Body?
Conclusion?
Delivery
Delivery
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Enthusiasm
Control
Rapport with audience
Natural language
(spoken, signposting / signalling)
• Visual support
• Body language (eye contact, loudness, natural,
relaxed behavior, polite behavior)
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~comcoach/
HW: Watch the whole ComCoach Video Tutorial on
presentation delivery and do the tasks.
Delivery:
Enthusiasm
Control
Rapport with audience
Natural language
(spoken, signposting / signalling)
Visual support
Body language (eye contact, loudness, natural,
relaxed behavior, polite behavior)
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Short words
Short sentences
Repetition
Synonyms
Redundancy
Signalling/Signposting
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Long words
Complex sentences
Coherence
Condensed language
• Paragraphs (topics)
Spoken vs. Written Language
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Short words
Short sentences
Repetition
Synonyms
Redundancy
Signalling/Signposting
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Long words
Complex sentences
Coherence
Condensed language
• Paragraphs (topics)
Spoken vs. Written Language
• Short words
• Short sentences
• Repetition
• Synonyms
• Redundancy
• Signalling/Signposting
→ RB, p 83
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Long words
Complex sentences
Coherence
Condensed language
• Paragraphs (topics)
Signpost - Tell your audience where they are!
1 Explain the structure
2 Signal the start of each part:
Let me begin with... This brings me to...
3 Recap and move on:
Having established the facts we can move on to..
4 Clarify and rephrase:
In other words... Let me expand on that...
5 Conclude
→ RB, p 83
Study the useful phrases on pp 84-85
Team work: phrases to transfer from member
to member
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This is all I have to say.
That’s all from me.
Which brings me to the end of my part.
I give the floor to my colleague...
Here is my colleague X who will tell you about ...
I believe X will have more to say about ...
X, would you, please, take over from here...
Thank you, Y, I enjoyed the intro you made.
Thanks. My friend Y told you about..., and I will...
• → Exercise I, RB p 86
HW :
• Watch the whole ComCoach Video Tutorial on
presentation delivery and do the tasks
(read the explanations).
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~comcoach/
• Exercise II, RB p 87
• Optional (for extra credit): write a short talk
(100 words: intro, body, conclusion + phrases
from pp 84-85) on one of the following topics:
• a football / hockey / basketball... match
• your hobby (dancing, chess, volunteering...)
• why you are studying economics/business
• use the prompts on p 88 if you like